Frederick james rice



(No Model.)

P. J. RICE.

WINDOW SASH. No. 462,932. Patented Nov. 10,1891.

.Wifilessoas. fnrelvfon UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK JAMESRICE, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

WlNDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,932, dated November10, 1891. Application filed March 9, 1891. fierial No. 384,240. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK JAMEs RICE, carpenter, of the city ofToronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Sashes, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a window-sash in which the paneof glass may be held firmly in position in a perfectly watertightmanner, and yet if broken be capable of quick and ready removal from theinside of the window without removing the sash; and it consists,essentially, of forming the stiles, rails, and bars with a beveledabutting projection on the outside of the window, and providing rubberstrips which are attached to or placed next to the inner side of theabutting piece and form a compressible scat against which the pane isforced and held on all sides by separate inner strips for each side,which are secured in position, preferably, by screws. I have alsoimproved the manner of connecting the top and bottom rails of the sashto the stiles, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is aperspective view showing one of the stiles removed. Fig. 2is a cross-section. Fig. 3 is a top plan.

In the drawings like letters indicate corresponding parts.

A is the top rail of the sash; B, the bottom; C, the stiles, and D thebar. The rails A and B, stiles C, and bar D have beveled abuttingprojections (L formed on them 011 the outside of the sash, against whichprojections are placed the rubberstrips h. The win (low-pane E issecured in position by separate strips 0 on the inside of the pane andsash. The strips 0 are secured in position by screws (1, driven,preferably, obliquely into the rails, stiles, and bars, so as to forcethe pane at the edges tightly against the rubber strips 1).

On reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that I show one of the stilesremoved, so as to exhibit themethod of putting the sash together. I cuta groove 6 in the stile C, so as to receive the tonguefin the top andbottom rails, and a mortise 9 outside the groove e in the stiles toreceive the tenon 7L, formed outside the tongue. The tongues f extend tothe top and bottom of the rails. If in this construction I joined thetop andbottom rails to the stiles by the ordinary mortise and tenon, thetop and bottom rails would frequently twist and loosen the strip 0,thereby rendering the panes insecure at the top and bottom, and, assuch, not water-tight; but by constructing the sash as above described Iobviate all danger of twisting, and consequently secure on all sides ofthe pane a perfectly. firm and water-tight job.

From this description it will be seen that I dispense with putty andprovide a substitute much more durable and just as water-tight, and oneby which the pane may be placed in position from the inside of the sashand without removing the same by unskilled labor far more quickly andwith better results than under any other construction of which I amaware.

What I claim as my invention is In a window-sash, the combination of thestiles formed with the abutments, therubber strip and the strips (Z topress against the pane and form water-tight joints, and the connectionbetween the rails A B and the stiles to prevent spreading of the joints,said connection consisting of the tonguesf on the rail, of the fulldepth thereof, adapted forinsertion within recesses in the stiles, andthe tenons projecting from the tongues entering mortises formed'in thebottoms of the recesses, substantially as described.

FREDERICK JAMES RICE. \Vitnesses:

A. B. MoNKnoUsn, LEWIS P. ABELL.

